Sat Dharam Kaur

Fabulous Flax: The Protective Effects of Ground Flaxseed and Flaxseed Oil Against Cancer

by Sat Dharam Kaur ND

Flax seeds and flaxseed oil are inexpensive, readily available foods that we can eat daily to prevent various cancers. The following studies demonstrate their effectiveness, particularly in preventing or slowing the growth of breast and colon cancer.

Sat Dharam Kaur, N.D.

Evidence that Bacteria and Infectious Organisms Can Cause Cancer
For some years, scientists have known that certain infectious organisms can cause cancer.

Sat Dharam Kaur, ND

Increasingly we are discovering the subtle and powerful linkages of mind and body through imagery. Jeanne Achterberg, author of Imagery and Healing, believes that the image can alter cellular mechanisms and the intelligence of the cell. Bruce Lipton (author of The Biology of Belief) and Candice Pert (author of Molecules of Emotion) have demonstrated that neuropeptides located on cell membranes throughout the body direct the DNA within our cells, and these neuropeptides are strongly influenced by our thoughts and feelings. We think in images which can shift the cellular machinery so that it performs unnatural functions, or conversely, a healing response. What we imagine in our minds has a direct correlation to how our body responds to life.

Achterberg has found that imagery is able to deeply affect us in the following ways. There is an unplanned, non-deliberate body-mind shift due to an event or to external environmental sensory stimulation; for example, the biggest effect on infertility is for a woman to call a fertility clinic to make an appointment, for women often become pregnant just knowing that they may receive help. On the other hand, walking into a typical doctor's office causes most people's white blood cell count to go down and blood pressure to go up.

Imagery can positively affect the mind-body when we adopt a new identity. If we have been ill, we can take on a new persona, change our previous life-script, so that "we are not the same person we were when we became ill." We can "imagine" and embody our new identity with an inner commitment
to helping ourselves. This is a deliberate effort of moving the mind-body in a healing way. For example, the cancer patient who shifts from being a "pleaser" or "victim" and initiates life changes to do what she's always wanted to do for herself may appear selfish and different to those who have
known her previously.

Take a minute to think about this for yourself. What would your new life script look like if you could rewrite the character in the play? How would you be different? How would you act differently to those around you?

Imagery affects the body-mind through a conscious and deliberate attempt to connect directly to the workings of the cell. This may occur through hypnosis, biofeedback, or specific visualization of anatomical parts and physiological processes. There is a direct relationship between the image
and cellular function.